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Feb 3, 2025

33 stories

Thought provoking

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Human Parts

by

Devon Price

Laziness Does Not Exist

Psychological research is clear: when people procrastinate, there's usually a good reason

Mar 23, 2018

Laziness Does Not Exist

Mar 23, 2018

In

Books Are Our Superpower

by

Margaret Pan

How Reading Can Literally Change Your Brain Chemistry

The science behind books’ brain-boosting powers

May 21, 2024

How Reading Can Literally Change Your Brain Chemistry

May 21, 2024

Lucinda Munro Cook

My Disability or ‘Diffability’ Forces Me to Go Slow

I am as slow as hair growing

Sep 20, 2023

People kneeling, lining a tarmac road with a teacher in the middle

Sep 20, 2023

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Liberty

by

Y.L. Wolfe

Can We Talk About Women’s Loneliness Crisis for a Moment?

I promise, if you would just listen, this would solve your problem, too…

Jul 5, 2023

Can We Talk About Women’s Loneliness Crisis for a Moment?

Jul 5, 2023

Jasminedays

I’m learning.

1: Caring too much is careless.

May 3, 2023

I’m learning.

May 3, 2023

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Human Parts

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More To That

The Antidote to Envy

“Whatever I am, that I want to understand.”

Mar 10, 2023

The Antidote to Envy

Mar 10, 2023

In

Publishous

by

Neeramitra Reddy

A 2-Minute Incident Drove Me To Permanently Stop Eating Meat After 20 Years

This article isn’t about eating or stopping meat though

Mar 20, 2023

A 2-Minute Incident Drove Me To Permanently Stop Eating Meat After 20 Years

Mar 20, 2023

Jasminedays

What kind of alone are you?

1: there’s the kind of aloneness where the question must be asked:

Nov 25, 2022

What kind of alone are you?

Nov 25, 2022

Jasminedays

How to forgive

A betrayal:

Dec 26, 2022

How to forgive

Dec 26, 2022

Dr T J Jordan

Breakups Can Cause Situational Depression

The stress of even a temporary breakup can trigger a particular kind of painful depression.

Dec 5, 2022

Breakups Can Cause Situational Depression

Dec 5, 2022

In

The Writing Pub

by

KiKi Walter

Writing About Your Problems

Is it a good thing or are you just complaining to the world?

Sep 20, 2022

Writing About Your Problems

Sep 20, 2022

In

Pollinate Magazine

by

Ena Dahl

I Forgave My Abuser When I Gave up on Being a Victim

How taking back responsibility and control over my reality allowed me to let go of the burden of victimhood

Oct 24, 2022

I Forgave My Abuser When I Gave up on Being a Victim

Oct 24, 2022

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Hello, Love

by

Leah Njoki

The Brutally Honest Truth About Having Kids That No One Tells You

It’s time we stopped glorifying motherhood.

Jul 8, 2022

The Brutally Honest Truth About Having Kids That No One Tells You

Jul 8, 2022

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ILLUMINATION

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Rachel M.J

What I Learned From Dating an Incel

The year I turned twenty-two marked two important life events. It was the year I was able to fully bask in the glory of Taylor Swift’s…

Jan 14, 2022

What I Learned From Dating an Incel

Jan 14, 2022

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Sensual: An Erotic Life

by

Everyman

Why men who do their ‘inner work’ are so irresistibly hot

And why doing that inner work is terrifying

Sep 4, 2022

Why men who do their ‘inner work’ are so irresistibly hot

Sep 4, 2022

The Autlaw

Being Autistic Made Me Not a Girl

In a moment of pure fear, I deleted this post last week. I deleted all my gender identity posts and changed all my social media Bios. I was…

Jul 14, 2022

Being Autistic Made Me Not a Girl

Jul 14, 2022

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Hello, Love

by

Joyce Chuinkam

The New Age Fuckboy: He’s doing more than just fucking

Yes, you can have a Fuckboy you’ve never fucked. He’s also known as a pen pal, a timewaster, or an emotional vampire.

Jun 26, 2022

White text on black background reading “You can’t put a crown on a clown and expect a king”

Jun 26, 2022

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